30 The Courier SUN • kids & education • MAY 26, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com ▶KIDS & EDUCATION City pols want to honor late assemblywoman with scholarship program BY THE QUEENS COURIER STAFF [email protected]/@QNS Common Core Learning Standards! The late Assemblywoman Barbara Clark was praised through her 30 years of public service for being a strong advocate for improving public education. With that in mind, city lawmakers want to honor the memory of Clark — who died earlier this year — with a statefunded scholarship program. Councilman I. Daneek Miller joined Councilman Mark Treyger and Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda at City Hall on May 12 to publicly call on the state legislature to adopt two bills that would establish the Barbara Clark Leaders of Tomorrow Program. The scholarship program was discontinued in 2010 over a reported lack of income from the New York State Lottery. Before it was cut, the program provided more than 10,000 students statewide with scholarships to attend college. Though the New York Lottery reported $7.5 billion in revenue in 2009, the scholarships Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum That Supports The cost just $1.2 million. A Unique Learning Preschool Experience for Over 25 Years! • Small Group Size • Warm & Nurturing Preschool Environment • Reasonable Rates for Full Day and Half Day Programs • Individual Attention from NYS Early Childhood Certified Teachers • Enriched Summer Program • State of the Art Classrooms • Computer in Every Classroom • Outdoor Playground/Indoor Gym • Field Trips • Music & Art • Special Education Services Available* Integrated Seats The Assembly version of the bill was the last piece of legislation Clark co-sponsored prior to her death. Her Assembly colleagues later proposed renaming the program in her memory. Along with calling for the bill’s passage at a press conference, Available Rooftop Swimming Pool Free Full Day Universal Pre-K in Bayside & Rego Park Fall 2014 *To parents of preschool children who have or are suspected of having a disability pursuant to Section 4410 of Article 89 of the Education Law. Services are to be determined by the CPSE of the local school district. Miller introduced a City Council resolution formally calling on the Assembly and state Senate to pass the bills and re-establish the scholarship program. “Naming the Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship after Assemblywoman Barbara Clark is a great way to for us to remember her legacy,” Miller said. “Using money from the State Lottery to ensure eager minds had access to college is the type of policies she always encouraged. Her wisdom, charm and wit are missed but certainly not forgotten. I would like to thank Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda and Senator Carl Marcellino for introducing this legislation in Albany, Councilman Mark Treyger and my colleagues in the City Council for helping our youth afford college.” If signed into law, the program will resume making awards totaling $5,000 each to one eligible senior graduating from each participating public and private high school in New York State based on each awardee having demonstrated strong academic ability, participated in extracurricular activities, and displayed by their actions a commitment to community service. The $5,000 awards will be made in payments of $1,250 per academic year to recipients in good academic standing who have carried a minimum requisite course load, and maintained at least a B-average (3.0 or higher on a 4.0 grading scale) in the minimum number of semester hours required per year. Scholarships would be open only to U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens who are legal residents of New York State and who graduated from a high school in the state in June of the academic year for which the scholarship is awarded. Photo courtesy of Councilman I. Daneek Miller’s office Outstanding Early Childhood Program Award Recipient NYS Education Department Developmentally Developmentally 98-02 62nd Drive,Appropriate Rego Park,Appropriate NY Curriculum Th at Supports Curriculum Th e Common 718-263-That 1587 Core Supports Learning Standards! The Visit us at ICCD.com Common Core Learning Standards! Licensed by NYS Educational Department. Meets all NYC Dept of Health/Division of Day Care Operating Requirements A Unique Learning Preschool Experience for Over 25 Years! 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